In city planning, the Green Belt is a concept for controlling metropolitan growth introduced around London, England by minister of housing Duncan Sandys via a Government Circular. Urban, city, or town planning, deals with design of the built environment from the municipal and metropolitan perspective. ... The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster which contains Big Ben Tower Bridge at night A red double-decker bus crosses Piccadilly Circus. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... Duncan Edwin Sandys, Baron Duncan-Sandys1 (January 24, 1908-November 26, 1987) was a British politician and a minister in successive Conservative governments. ...

The idea is a ring of countryside where urbanisation will be resisted for the foreseeable future, maintaining an area where agriculture, forestry and outdoor leisure can be expected to prevail. The notion dated from Herbert Morrison's 1934 leadership of the London County Council and was included in an advisory Greater London Plan prepared by Patrick Abercrombie in 1944. However, it was some 14 years before the elected local authorities responsible for the area recommended had all defined the area on scaled maps with some precision. For others named Herbert Morrison, see Herbert Morrison (disambiguation). ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The County of London, shown within a map of Englands 1890 counties London County Council (LCC) was the principal local government body for the County of London from 1889 until 1965, when it was replaced by the Greater London Council. ... Categories: People stubs | 1879 births | 1957 deaths | British architects ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

As the outward growth of London was seen to be firmly repressed, residents owning properties further from the built-up area also campaigned for this policy of urban restraint, partly to safeguard their own investments but often invoking an idealised scenic/rustic argument which laid the blame for most social ills upon urban influences. In mid-1971, for example, the government decided to extend the London Green Belt northwards to include almost all of Hertfordshire. The London Green Belt now covers parts of 68 different Districts or Boroughs. 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Hertfordshire (pronounced Hartfordshire and abbreviated as Herts) is an inland county in the United Kingdom, officially part of the East of England Government region. ...

The document to be found using the following link sets out the present approach of the UK government towards the green belts defined by local authorities in England or Wales. Local Councils are strongly urged to follow this detailed advice (PPG2) when considering whether to permit additional buildings in the Green Belt or assent to new uses being made of existing premises. For other uses of the word Greenbelt, see Greenbelt (disambiguation). ... National motto: Cymru am byth (Welsh: Wales for ever) Waless location within the UK Official languages English(100%), Welsh(20. ...

By 2003, fourteen distinct Green Belts collectively safeguarded about 13 percent of England. In order of decreasing size these are as follows:

 Area (km²)
 5,133 London 2,578 North West 2,556 South and West Yorkshire 2,315 West Midlands 825 South west Hampshire and South east Dorset 688 Avon 663 Tyne and Wear 618 Nottingham and Derby 441 Stoke-on-Trent 350 Oxford 267 Cambridge 262 York 70 Gloucester and Cheltenham 0.7 Burton and Swadlincote 16,766 Total 

See also: London commuter belt and Smart Growth Yorkshire as a traditional county. ... Hampshire (abbr. ... Dorset (pronounced Dorsit, sometimes in the past called Dorsetshire) is a county in the southwest of England, on the English Channel coast. ... Avon is the name of many rivers; see River Avon. ... Tyne and Wear is one of six metropolitan counties in England, comprising the estuary areas of the rivers Tyne and Wear. ... Nottingham is a city located in Nottinghamshire, in the East Midlands of England. ... Derby (pronounced dar-bee ) is a city in the East Midlands of England. ... Oxford is a city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of 134,248 (2001 census). ... The city of Cambridge is an old English university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire. ... York is a city in Northern England, built at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss. ... The centre of Cheltenham. ... Commuters from East Anglia arrive at Liverpool Street Station The London Commuter Belt or London Metropolitan Area is the name given to the built-up area surrounding and running into Greater London but not administered as part of it. ... Smart growth development policies aim to prevent urban sprawl and pollution, and reduce the profligate use of non-renewable fuels, particularly an excessive dependency on private cars in industrialised countries. ...

External links

• http://www.planning.odpm.gov.uk/ppg/ppg2/index.htm
• For topical summaries of discussions about the possible release of Green Belt land for various developments or urbanisation: http://www.politics-greenbelt.org.uk/index.html
• For views critical of Green Belt policy, how it damages the environment and transfers wealth from poor to rich and from young to old: http://www.greeningthegreenbelt.org.uk/index.htm
• Green Belt land for sale

The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has been campaigning since 1926 for the protection of the countryside from urban sprawl. It influences planning policy, and seeks urban regeneration as a way to protect the countryside from urban sprawl. In 1955, in response to CPRE pressure, the Government set out a Green Belt policy. In 2005 CPRE celebrates 50 years of the Green Belt policy but will highlight the latest development pressures which threaten Green Belts. Urbanization is the degree of or increase in urban character or nature. ...

• http://www.cpre.org.uk